To: UK Home Secretary Theresa May, Coroner Sir Robert Owen, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling
Call for a public enquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko
We call on you to convene a public enquiry into the death of UK citizen Alexander Litvinenko who died of Polonium poisoning in London in November 2006. All evidence relating to the case should be made available to establish the source of the banned substance polonium-210 and whether M16 has has broken the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by not protecting the right to life.
Why is this important?
UK coroner Sir Robert Owen, under pressure from Foreign Secretary William Hague, has said a legal inquest will exclude material implicating either Russia's state agencies or the UK security services. Seven years after the death of her husband, Marina Litvinenko is no closer to knowing the truth about his death. This is a travesty of justice at the heart of Westminster and a disgrace to the people of Britain.
Many other lives were also put at risk - in London, Moscow and Hamburg and on planes and vehicles in which the Polonium was transported. The public deserves an answer too.
see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22579463
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/17/alexander-litvinenko-widow-slams-william-hague?INTCMP=SRCH
